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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 10h
www.connexionfrance.com/news/centre-...
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What does new centre-left presidential candidate stand for?
Raphaël Glucksmann won primary with 66% of the vote
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.opendemocracy.net/email/5ac641...
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Arrested at 94 for Gaza
Fresh from her arrest at 94, veteran human rights lawyer Margaret Owen reflects on the criminalisation of protest and why Gaza’s widows must shape its future.
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Why you should be careful when using AI; www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-agents...
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AI agents are going rogue — here's what you need to know if you use ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude
AI agents have hacked websites, accessed private systems and bypassed security controls during testing
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 11/10/2026
Commentary: The Israeli response to the Hamas terror attack three years ago has left Israel more isolated internationally, especially among center-left parties worldwide.
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Three years after Oct. 7, Netanyahu’s legacy is isolation
The shift in attitudes toward Israel is not unique to the U.S., with international polling showing negative views among voters in several countries.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/10/2026
Healing waters: 10 of the best spa towns in Europe for a restorative autumn break
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Healing waters: 10 of the best spa towns in Europe for a restorative autumn break
From Alpine valleys to belle époque towns, dip your toes in the therapeutic waters and steaming mineral pools at spa hotels offering centuries-old healing treatments
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/10/2026
Former Irish Olympic swimming coach and child abuser George Gibney to be sentenced
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Former Irish Olympic swimming coach and child abuser George Gibney to be sentenced
Gibney, 77, will face justice for abusing athletes in the 1970s and 80s after decades of effort to track and extradite him More than half a century after he started sexually abusing children, and enjoyed prestige as Ireland’s Olympic swimming coach before fleeing to the United States, George Gibney is to face justice. The 77-year-old is to be sentenced at the central criminal court in Dublin on Monday for abusing four young female athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Continue reading...
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Euronews @euronews.com · 11/10/2026
A post from an Instagram account appearing to be linked to the protests that had promoted the demonstrations said people had "been squeezed by rising house prices and the cost of living" for years. #EuropeNews ➡️ l.euronews.com/8xvL
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11/10/2026
Donald Trump this week, once again, dangled his $5,000 bribe for voters, provided they let Republicans win the mid-term election.
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Trump's vile promise threatens to send his own rank-and-file followers to jail
Donald Trump this week, once again, dangled his $5,000 bribe for voters, provided they let Republicans win the mid-term election. In his sick mind, Trump believes that the American people are just as corruptible and lawless as he is, willing to be bought for 5,000 foul-smelling smackers.Bribery has ...
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 11/10/2026
Hattie Stone poisoned her 15-year-old son. Her story still haunts Havre de Grace.
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The haunting story of Hattie Stone: Nurse, mother, murderer
For nearly a century, a notorious case has haunted Havre de Grace. Nurse and midwife Hattie Stone was convicted of murdering her son — and accused of poisoning her elder son, husband and in-laws.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 11/10/2026
‘It’s fast, busy, unpretentious — well, no, not unpretentious — but cheap. I can’t remember when I last saw a £12 ramen in London’
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Nakimushi restaurant review — a genius Japanese at 2010 prices
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 11/10/2026
As autumn mornings become colder and darker, motorists face a number of changes to their usual driving routine.
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Drivers urged to make two-second check every autumn morning
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The Economist @economist.com · 11/10/2026
Insects cannot escape conditions that may no longer allow them to survive and reproduce. British conservationists might have found a way to guide bugs around
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Conservationists are building highways for bugs
Britain makes a beeline for insect recovery
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 11/10/2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has quietly walked back its own numbers weeks after he publicly dismissed reporting that challenged them.
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Pentagon quietly raises troop death toll after Pete Hegseth called report ‘a complete lie’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has quietly walked back its own numbers weeks after he publicly dismissed reporting that challenged them.The Washington Post reported Saturday that the Defense Department late Friday raised the official count of troops who have died during U.S. operations ag...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/10/2026
Indonesia moves 8 endangered orangutans to safety after Borneo fires reut.rs/4hTH0A6
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Indonesia moves 8 endangered orangutans to safety after Borneo fires
Indonesian authorities and conservation workers successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates' homes were destroyed by ​wildfires in the forests of Borneo, they said on Sunday.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 11/10/2026
Netflix Japan's original dramas are pushing boundaries and uplifting Japanese storytelling worldwide. But the industry still faces its challenges and limitations.
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Netflix vies to be a cut above in TV production
Netflix Japan’s dramas are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and uplifting domestic TV standards, though not without growing pains.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 11/10/2026
This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 11/10/2026
The rhinos, both males, came to the Denver Zoo as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan. They are the first southern white rhinos to call the Denver Zoo home in its 130-year history, the zoo said.
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Denver Zoo welcomes first 2 southern white rhinos in its history
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 10/10/2026
A young woman was found dead in her seat following a four-hour flight when fellow passengers noticed she hadn't moved after it landed.
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Passengers notice something wrong as flight lands - then young woman found dead
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 10/10/2026
‼️ US threatened to cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine over strikes on Russian oil refineries
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Axios: US threatened to cut intelligence sharing with Ukraine over strikes on Russian oil refineries
Ukrainian officials say Donald Trump's envoys raised the prospect of suspending US intelligence sharing if Kyiv continued attacking Russian oil refineries, while a US official denies that any threat w...
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Mirror Politics @politics.mirror.co.uk · 10/10/2026
State pension changes: need to know as expert warns PM 'getting it wrong'
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What State Pension reform plan means to all born from 1967-1996
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/10/2026
Ryanair has accused rivals Lufthansa and Air France-KLM of trying to ground the low-cost carrier by alleging that its ownership structure violates EU rules.
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Ryanair lashes out at Air France and Lufthansa over ownership probe
The low-cost airline is facing allegations that it violates EU requirements for operating in the bloc.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 10/10/2026
“Cities can’t keep working to cut emissions while allowing their own advertising spaces to encourage more flying and fossil fuel consumption.”
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This EU capital just voted to ban fossil fuel adverts for good
“Cities can’t keep working to cut emissions while allowing their own advertising spaces to encourage more flying and fossil fuel consumption.”
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.opendemocracy.net/email/c452ab...
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How one eviction pushed Spain to a snap election
Ten days ago, an 87-year-old woman was forcibly removed from her home. The fallout may shape national politics
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 29/09/2026
NHS Wales admits its “urgent review” still hasn’t begun a month after it paused care for Trans+ adults but "final preparations are now being made" Subscribe to our journalism
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NHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begun
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-1...
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Revealed: Britain's contracts with Palantir hit £1bn
Newly surfaced disclosures reveal the government has spent or agreed to spend at least £992m with Peter Thiel’s controversial AI company – as pressure mounts on Andy Burnham to block them. Max Colbert...
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The Moscow Times @themoscowtimes.com · 29/09/2026
News analysis: As the federal budget deficit climbs, the rising cost of debt is helping push Moscow toward tax hikes and spending cuts that analysts say could weaken growth.
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Russia Has a Budget Problem. Borrowing Its Way Out Won't Be So Simple. - The Moscow Times
Russia’s government debt stands at about 19% of gross domestic product, a figure President Vladimir Putin uses to reassure Russians as the country’s budget deficit widens.  The federal budget deficit ...
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support the Declaration on the Abolition of Trophy Hunting
The Declaration on the Abolition of Trophy Hunting unites public figures from around the world in calling on individuals, governments, and international bodies to end the cruel and outdated practice o...
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 27/09/2026
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Shifts in the Midwest
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Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Shifts in the Midwest
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Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 @pravda.ua · 27/09/2026
‼️ Zelenskyy: Russians strike Kyiv data centre twice in morning attack
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Zelenskyy: Russians strike Kyiv data centre twice in morning attack
Russian forces struck a data centre in Kyiv twice on the morning of 27 September. Three people, including two children, were injured in the first strike.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/09/2026
South African police launch manhunt after 27 killed in two mass shootings
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Manhunt for gunmen who killed 27 in two shootings in South Africa
South African police launch a manhunt after gunmen kill at least 27 people in two mass shootings in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 27/09/2026
Trump 'gleefully eviscerating' efforts to help families with 'illegal' move: Dem senator
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Trump 'gleefully eviscerating' efforts to help families with 'illegal' move: Dem senator
Elected Democrats—and even the Senate’s top Republican appropriator—blasted President Donald Trump late Friday for rescinding nearly $1 billion in congressionally approved spending that the White House deemed “wasteful and harmful” through a legally contested process.In a statement announcing what w...
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
The modest electoral success of the Left group in the European Parliament belies its influence. Besides being a potential coalition ally, it can also act as a spoiler
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Red alert! Europe’s populist left is on the march, slowly
Populism isn’t just for right-wingers
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 27/09/2026
Again and again, pregnant women and new mothers told us how they felt extremely isolated and without mental health support as they struggled. One described how a doctor printed out a page from the HSE website for her to read about postnatal depression. jrnl.ie/7172118t
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‘I felt completely alone’: Readers share their stories accessing pregnancy mental health supports
Our readers told us that not enough is being done to support women struggling during and after their pregnancy.
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/09/2026
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar. www.wired.com/story/pancre...
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Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 27/09/2026
Lithuania's parliament this week backed a proposal to lift the constitutional ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons and foreign military bases, opening the way for future deployment of nuclear weapons in the country.
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Lithuania moves to lift ban on nuclear weapons as ‘Russians do not attack the strong’
Lithuania's parliament this week backed a proposal to lift the constitutional ban on the deployment of nuclear weapons and foreign military bases, opening the way for future deployment of nuclear weapons in the country.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 27/09/2026
Airport chiefs tell Andy Burnham that the deadline for expansion needs to be pushed back four years as ministers say the 2035 target ‘has always been ambitious’
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Heathrow’s third runway to be delayed until 2039
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/09/2026
Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
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Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on Sunday Bill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying in an interview airing on Sunday that the technology left unchecked could cause “a billion deaths” and “no one thinks self-regulation is enough”. “You need law enforcement and the politicians to get into the discussion about what safeguards and monitoring look like,” the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist said to Kristen Welker, the NBC Meet the Press host. “And that has to be a required thing.” Continue reading...
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 27/09/2026
"Having everyone on the same property is enormously valuable," said Lena Koropey, 48, who built an ADU to allow her mother with Alzheimer's to age in place. bit.ly/4ykONOA
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They built tiny homes for their parents, couldn't afford nursing homes
Instead of emptying their wallets to pay for nursing homes, Americans are building tiny houses, renovating sheds, or buying trailers for loved ones.
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 27/09/2026
The ISIS bride who allegedly recruited Brit schoolgirl Shamima Begum has been found alive and arrested in Syria after she was allegedly linked to a Germany terror plot.
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ISIS bride who recruited UK schoolgirl Shamima Begum found alive - and arrested
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 27/09/2026
The doctor and health presenter on the everyday scams in your local pharmacy, writes Alicia Clegg
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Xand van Tulleken: The wellness industry is a distraction
The doctor and health presenter on the everyday scams in your local pharmacy
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/09/2026
‘Hope again’: Burnham returns to Labour conference to sell his vision ft.trib.al/3WZ4bCq
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‘Hope again’: Burnham returns to Labour conference to sell his vision
Party leader will rely on keynote speech in Liverpool to maintain momentum early in premiership
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2026
A lack of randomised controlled trials for surgical procedures made it difficult to know if patients got better more often with surgery than they might have without. This is now changing
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Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo
A succession of clinical trials is upending the field
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/09/2026
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet. www.wired.com/story/nicoti...
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Nicotine Is Mounting a Comeback in the Wellness Movement
Improving mood and increasing longevity are just some of the unfounded claims about this substance circling around the “natural” medicine corners of the internet.
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wendyjoint.bsky.social @wendyjoint.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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zeno @egrettt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.newarab.com/news/french-...
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French-Lebanese man sues over Israel uprooting 600 olive trees
A French-Lebanese national has filed a legal complaint in France accusing Israeli forces of uprooting hundreds of centuries-old family-owned olive trees.
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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
💥 Israeli bulldozers are uprooting hundreds of olive trees in the village of Zububa, in the occupied West Bank. Trees that have stood for centuries. Trees older than the State of Israel. 6/28 @sarahabdallah.bsky.social
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 26/08/2025
The Israeli uprooted 10,000 olive trees in al-Mughayyir during a three-day siege of the Palestinian village. The Israeli army said uprooting the trees was meant to "deter" village residents and make them "pay a heavy price." mondoweiss.net/2025/08/isra... #Palestine #Israel
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Israel wanted to punish a Palestinian village. So it destroyed 10,000 of its olive trees.
The Israeli uprooted 10,000 olive trees in al-Mughayyir during a three-day siege of the Palestinian village. The Israeli army said uprooting the trees was meant to “deter” village residents and make...
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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 23/09/2026
‘This is a really frightening era for our politics.’ @mrjamesob.bsky.social is ‘baffled’ by how ‘absent from discourse’ the Liberal Democrats appear following their party conference.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/09/2026
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting...
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What fasting again taught me as a transgender Muslim
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 23/09/2026
UK prime minister Andy Burnham said Russia spends around £1.3bn per year manipulating information through bots, fake websites and falsified newspaper articles, including forged branding of British organisations such as the BBC www.lbc.co.uk/article/burn...
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Andy Burnham takes aim at Russia in UN speech in which he declared 'Britain is back' on world stage | LBC
Out-of-work youngsters were vulnerable to misinformation peddled by Russian activists
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